So, guess what?! I got to see Wicked again last night in LA. My best friend, Adam Lambert, from high school is in the LA production and he is the understudy for Fiyero, the male lead. Last week he found out that he would be playing the part of Fiyero on Tuesday night. He usually only finds out about an hour before the show and so this was a huge deal that he could tell people farther in advance. So I decided to jump on it and buy tickets to go see him in it. I called around to the friends to see who could go on this short notice and ended up being joined by my old roommate Sandy and the Gill family (Kristy's family). Kristy, Adam and I were a pretty tight squad in high school so it was awesome to have her there so we could all see each other again.

I left work early last night and we drove up. We got to Hollywood around 4:30pm and we went to Johnny Rockets for dinner, which was good but seemed a lot more greasy during the day. I don't know why - maybe I wasn't as hungry as usual or I could just see the grease shimmering in the daylight, not sure. It was pretty good but my stomach wasn't very happy that I stuck a burger and onion rings in it before I sat down for two and a half hours. Anyway, so after dinner we still had quite a bit of time to kill so we just cruised around the mansions in Beverly Hills - pointing out the ones we liked and the ones that were over-the-top and wishing we lived there. I think Coronado is the closest thing we have to that down here in San Diego - and I think I much prefer it. Something about having a body of water separating you from the dirty of a city...I like that.

Around 6:30pm we decided to head to the Pantages theatre so we wouldn't get caught in too bad of Santa Monica Blvd. traffic. We made it there by 7pm and met up with Kristy and her family and made our way in. We were all very excited to see Adam playing Fiyero, I think Kristy's mom was the most excited! We had really good seats so that was really nice. Poor Sandy had a head cold so she was sniffling the whole time. :(

The show was amazing, as usual. It was the understudy for Elphaba as well but she was really really good. The normal Glinda was there and she was absolutely hilarious. I really just love that show...it gives me chills on almost every song. Adam made his entrance and he was very good. I loved his version of Fiyero!! He didn't go over the top on the songs - only let a few notes show his voice's sometimes overpowering qualities - but it really worked. Overall, fantastic and I am really glad I went.

Afterwards we went around to the stage door and talked to Adam briefly when he came out. It was crazy cause I haven't seen him in like 4 years but it was so good to see him again. I had forgotten how good of friends we were. We were joking like old times. Now I just wish I could hang out with him more often. Good to see that he hasn't changed too much. Only changed for the better... :)

Anyway - that was my mid-week impromptu adventure for this week!! Thought those of you who knew Adam would be interested.

Oh, also I did a comparison shot of Kristy, Adam and me in 2000 and then us now...crazy ,huh? (ignore the stage makeup) Seven years can do a lot. :)

April 2000 - Pirates of Penzance

July 2007 - Wicked

Also - for those of you that know the show and/or Adam, here is a video of him doing the song "As Long As Your Mine" with the girl who played Elphaba last night.